How to say 'in 10 minutes' as in 'the bus comes in 10 minutes'?

Question

Would the sentence below make sense?

バスがじゅっぷんにきます。

じゅっぷんにきます might sound like 'the bus comes at hh:10'. Let's say you are waiting for a bus at 09:55, then if you say "バスがじゅっぷんにきます", your friends probably think that the bus is coming at 10:10. — Yosh, May 25 '15 at 13:58

user5185 · Answer 1 · 2015-05-25T08:05:17.383

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You would say

バスは[１０分]{じっぷん(じゅっぷん)}[後]{ご}に来ます。
or バスは（[後]{あと}）１０分で来ます。

edited May 25 '15 at 08:05

answered May 25 '15 at 06:53

user5185

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The [後]{あと} in the 2nd sentence is optional. The 2nd sentence sounds more casual than the 1st. For the two readings of 10分, see [this thread](http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/11213/what-is-the-proper-pronunciation-for-%E5%8D%81%E5%88%86-%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90%E5%88%86-%E3%81%98%E3%81%A3%E3%81%B7%E3%82%93-or-%E3%81%98%E3%82%85%E3%81%A3%E3%81%B7%E3%82%93) – user5185 May 25 '15 at 09:28
As I have put below in my answer below, 後10分 is incorrect. – paullb May 27 '15 at 06:29
@paullb この[辞書](http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%E3%81%82%E3%81%A8%E3%80%80%E5%88%86%E3%81%A7)にはこんな例文がありますが。「私はあと10分でそこに着きます。I will arrive there in 10 minutes. 」「電車はあと五分で到着の予定です。The train is due to arrive here in 5 minutes.」[このページ](http://www.eijiro.jp/v95.htm)にも、「The bus will be here in __ minutes. あと＿分でバスが来ます。」とありますが、どうして「あと１０分で」はいけないんですか？ – Chocolate May 27 '15 at 07:13

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 10 '19 at 16:57

I would usually use 後｛ご｝, as an indication of what is to come :

バスが十分｛じゅっぷん｝後｛ご｝に来{き}ます。

Another example :

飛行機{ひこうき}は１０分[後]｛ご｝に離陸｛りりく｝します。

Maybe you also know 後｛あと｝で as a way to say, afterwards, in a while, this is the same kanji. You can use it this way :

電車｛でんしゃ｝は後｛あと｝五分で発車｛はっしゃ｝します。

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 02 '19 at 06:16

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You could say

バスは[10分]{じゅっぷん}後{ご}に来{き}ます。

Or a slightly more formal

バスは[10分]{じゅっぷん}後{ご}に到着{とうちゃく}します。

EDIT:
I asked my Japanese teacher about this (as it came up somewhere else) the following clarification was made:

BAD: 後２０分に (This phrasing is typically used for an ongoing action that has already started)

GOOD: ２０分後に (This specifies a time point in the future)

I have edited the answer accordingly.

edited Apr 02 '19 at 06:16

Chocolate

answered May 25 '15 at 06:57

paullb

After checking with my Japanese teacher I discovered I had it wrong. Made changes accordingly. – paullb May 27 '15 at 03:24
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1. Did your teacher tell you that the 後 in １０分後に is read only as あと, not ご? 2. Did your teacher tell you that 後２０分**に** is grammatically correct and can be used in certain context? – Chocolate May 27 '15 at 03:56
@Choco In fact she did, I forgot to fix the furigana. Fixed now. Thank you for pointing that out. – paullb May 27 '15 at 06:28
What, your teacher said 後２０分「に」 is grammatically correct? Is she a native speaker? – Chocolate May 27 '15 at 06:43
@Choco I genuinely forget if she said にor で the focus was on the 20分 part as I had wrote it in a text message and she was correcting me. – paullb May 27 '15 at 06:52

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